Angry person in a quiet room
Concept
Angry expression
A facial expression in which anger is legible through tension in the brows, eyes, or mouth.
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Sorrowful expression
A facial expression in which sorrow is visibly readable through eyes and mouth
A facial expression in which sorrow is readable through eyes and mouth.
Sorrowful person in a quiet room
An unoccupied room cannot show a face, so it is replaced with a person in a quiet room.
Both languages share the English example images. Japanese prompts are the recorded translations.
A phrase to start with
Gives the face a sorrowful expression with readable eyes and mouth.
Appearance and effects
Sorrow reads in the face through changes in eyes, brows, and mouth.
Visual traits
- altered eye area
- lowered mouth
- visible face
Expected changes
- Changes in eyes and brows are more likely to appear
- The mouth is more likely to support the emotion
Five examples
1 — Sorrowful adult
The expression needs a human face, so it is replaced with an adult.
sorrowful adult, chest-up portrait
- sorrowful adult
2 — Sorrowful person
The expression needs a human face, so it is replaced with a person.
sorrowful person, chest-up portrait
- sorrowful person
3 — Sorrowful adult
To show the expression without fixing age, it is replaced with an adult.
sorrowful adult, chest-up portrait
- sorrowful adult
4 — Sorrowful person in a quiet room
An unoccupied room cannot show a face, so it is replaced with a person in a quiet room.
sorrowful person in a quiet room, chest-up portrait
- sorrowful person
5 — Sorrowful person outdoors
A subject-free landscape cannot show a face, so it is replaced with a person outdoors.
sorrowful person outdoors, chest-up portrait
- sorrowful person
Meaning and scope
Definition
A sorrowful expression is a visible facial display read through changes in eyes, brows, and mouth. It does not determine personality, diagnosis, health state, cause, or narrative.
In more detail
When the face remains readable, the relation of eyes and mouth conveys sorrow. Pose, scene, and clothing remain separate choices.
Includes
- A person whose sorrow is readable from the face
- Close or medium views showing eyes and mouth
Excludes
- Inference of cause or mental state
- An action with no visible face
- A dark mood across the whole scene
What this does not imply
- Personality
- diagnosis
- health state
- cause of sorrow
- or a particular pose
Variability
Strength can be adjusted through changes in eyes and mouth. Keep the face unobscured.
Usage and adjustments
Usage
- Keep the face readable
- Specify cause or personality separately
Distinguish similar expressions
- Specify scene-wide darkness separately as mood
Typical uses
- Give a figure a sorrowful facial display
Possible failure modes
- Face is too small to read
- Expression reads as anger or fatigue
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